(Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public
interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today
released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports
of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV),
Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One physician’s assistant
reported that a female patient “died of a blood clot three hours after getting
the Gardasil vaccine.” Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths
relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.

As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions
reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
included 371 serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while
pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal
abnormities.

Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about
potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the
vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects
to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include
paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.

“The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a
catalog of horrors,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Any state or
local government now beset by Merck’s lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV
vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports.
It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is being pushed
as a miracle drug.”

Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received
the adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007. Judicial Watch has
posted the adverse event reports below.

(A recent study, published in the New England Journal of
Medicine, also questioned the general effectiveness of Gardasil.)

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Click
here to view the Garadsil Related Deaths Reported to VAERS
as of May 11, 2007

Click
here to view the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
(VAERS) Reports as of May 11, 2007